A GOVERNMENT review into supermarket supply chains has recommended a mandatory code of conduct for the country’s biggest operators, with a focus on fairness in dispute resolutions.
The Federal Government commissioned former Labor politician Craig Emerson to look into the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct – a voluntary code aimed at holding the business practices of supermarkets to account. Today he has delivered an interim report, with the full report due by the end of June.
Dr Emerson’s inquiry is one of many investigating the practices of the big two supermarkets, Woolworths and…